The more brown fat, or the more activated brown fat, you have the better, as there are direct correlations between the activation of brown fat and metabolic measures of good health. Brown fat is most prominent in newborn animals (including human babies), where its main function is to generate body heat, helping newborns to regulate their temperatures. Your body fat percentage ... Continue Reading
How To Ramp Up The Brown Fat That Burns White Fat
Fat gets a bad rap. It's not only essential to life and human function, but can actually burn calories and trim up the waistline. Brown adipose tissue (AKA brown fat) is a type of fat found in the bodies of mammals that acts as a furnace for the body. Once thought to only be present in newborns and hibernating mammals, research has shown we all have it, more or less. Not only ... Continue Reading
Correcting Leptin Resistance Is All About Diet And Exercise
Leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, may be one of the most important hormones in your body that will determine your health and lifespan. Insulin is another, and the two work in tandem. Both insulin and leptin resistance are associated with obesity, and impairment of their ability to transfer the information to receptors ... Continue Reading
Research Confirms The Health Benefits Of Apples
A research team from the University of Iowa looks into ways of managing the negative effects of excess body weight and corroborates the conventional belief that apples, especially unpeeled ones, are good for health. Obesity is a growing problem in North American, with over one fifth of school-aged children and adolescents classified as overweight, and roughly 35 percent of ... Continue Reading